Can not afford to eat rice remove the president from office

Can not afford to eat rice remove the president from office
To protest domestic food prices, and some impact on the 8th hungry Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to the president by the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti to disperse. On the protesters also attacked a market, demonstrations turned into robbery. Recent protests have killed at least five people were killed.
Demonstrators shouted their hungry
Demonstrations in protest last week in the southern port city of Les Cayes Haiti, later spread to other cities, Port-au-Prince to the ultimate convergence. Some angry demonstrators on the 8th came to the Presidential Palace in front of the door to the demolition, entered the presidential palace. Attached to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti, Brazilian troops arrived by military vehicles, a crowd of protesters fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells.
Impact of the Presidential Office, protesters shouted "we hungry! He must go!" Slogans to protest domestic food prices, President René Préval asked to step down. The 31-year-old Jiaoeraili is an unemployed. He said: "We Préval is to change the election, but so far没啥change. We tired, we can no longer wait."
Préval aides said, when demonstrators attacked the presidential palace, Preval is inside office. Préval has yet to comment on the protest. Melvin Ely Préval consultant, said: "I feel that the present situation is a bucket filled with gasoline, matches around the handheld crowd. Possible as long as the two meet, then big trouble."
Robbery stormed shops
The impact of the Presidential Office to disperse the crowd of demonstrators, they began looting shops in the vicinity of the Presidential Office. Advantage of the United Nations peacekeeping personnel adhere to the presidential palace surrounded. The Associated Press reported that on the 8th Later, the looting began to spread. Witnesses said people intruded into both sides of the road leading to the airport shops and factories. Be frightened residents locked the door, afraid to go out.
In addition, a group of persons crossing vehicles also besieged, they surrounded the car and tried to pull the driver from the windows will be, but the driver managed to escape. On the same day after the chaos, many parts of Port-au-Prince a 10, the streets full of cement barricades and burned cars, a number of buildings were shattered glass, and some buildings were burned. It has been reported that some of Port-au-Prince street lights control has been implemented.
M eat your cake
Since the middle of 2007, global grain prices rose about 40 percent. As a result, Haiti domestic rice, potatoes and fruit prices rose 50 percent over last year, pasta prices doubled. Haiti basic domestic food rely on imports for the collection of tax revenue and to prevent the inflow of drugs, Haiti implemented a strict customs clearance, but for various reasons, many imported food rot after port backlog, exacerbated by the domestic food prices rose situation.
Food prices soar to unbearable poverty of Haitians, even in a part of the Hungry with soil, vegetable oil and salt caused eat cake. They will be because of hunger caused by the ignition stomach flu than for "eating bleach." In addition, some of the Haitians will be the increase in food prices due in part attributed to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti, they asked the nine thousand soldiers from the United Nations peacekeeping force.
World Food Programme to Haiti this year was 96 million US dollars assistance, and so far has only raised about 15 percent of the money. The bodies on the 7th again issued an urgent fund-raising appeal. Edwards has announced that the Prime Minister of Haiti will spend millions of dollars to reduce the cost of living for the people.
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